HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA
A Record of Settlement,
Organization, Progress and AchievementVOLUME II ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING
COMPANY 1912

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R.
H. Wheeler, assistant cashier of the German Savings Bank of Manning, Iowa,
gives promise as the years advance of making his mark in the financial world.
This prophecy is based upon the reputation he has established of possessing
sound judgment and good business capacity. He is a native of Salida, Colorado,
born July 28, 1885, being a son of George H. and Mary M. (Ryel) Wheeler, both
of whom were born in New York state. The father has spent a large part of his
life in the middle west and west. The hardware business has occupied most of
his time and he now resides at Tacoma, Washington. He is a member of the
Masonic order. The mother of our subject is deceased. In the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Wheeler were three children: R. H.; Louella, the wife of John A. Campbell,
of Botna, Iowa; and Leland, who lives in Tacoma.

Mr.
Wheeler, whose name introduces this review, was educated in the public schools
of Neola, Harlan and Manning. After leaving school he worked on a farm two
years and for one and one-half years was connected with a poultry house. In
November, 1906, he was appointed bookkeeper of the German Savings Bank of
Manning and has since been identified with that institution, having been
advanced to the position of assistant cashier April 6, 1909. This bank was
organized in 1899 and has now been in existence about twelve years. It is
capitalized at fifty thousand dollars. The incorporators were F. M. Leet, G. H.
Dietz, John H. Kuhl, John Grelck, Julius Brunnier, Gustav Jans, A. K. Resner
and A. T. Bennett, and the original officers were: F. M. Leet, president; A. T.
Bennett, vice president; W. F. Carpenter, cashier; and F. L. Shumaker,
assistant cashier. The officers at the present time are: H. P. Mundt,
president; H. P. Hansen, vice president; F. W. Wohlenberg, cashier; and R.
H. Wheeler, assistant cashier. The bank has been successful from the start and
is one of the well established and flourishing institutions of this section.

Politically
Mr. Wheeler has from the time of casting his first ballot been a stanch
supporter of the republican party and socially is identified with the Masonic
order, whose beneficent principles have had an important effect in shaping his
life. He is also a member of the fire department of Manning. By his kindly
disposition he has gained a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and by the
able discharge of his duties in his chosen calling has practically demonstrated
his ability as a business man. Although only twenty-six years of age, he has
gained an enviable reputation in a business calling for rare discrimination and
thorough knowledge of human nature, and his friends have no doubt that he will
"make good" in the discharge of any responsibility he may be called
upon to fill.